GURLEY, TX

GURLEY, TEXAS. Gurley, a stop on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway in Falls County, was the home of the railroad crew and section foreman, and a loading point for cotton and timber. It was named for Edward J. Gurley, a prominent Waco lawyer who received a substantial number of acres in the area as payment for legal services. The community once had a store, and a sawmill was on the Brazos River nearby. Gurley had a post office from 1891 to 1911. In 1904, the only year for which a statistic was available, Gurley's population was estimated at 138. The 1948 county highway map showed a few dwellings at Gurley on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad eight miles northwest of Marlin in northern Falls County, but the 1970 map showed nothing at the site.

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